Automobile-headlight.



ner and will autol'natically move into' nor- Citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Warthe claims.

(IASSIL'S M. SPIXK, F WARREX, INDIANA.

AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHT.

' I Specification of Letters Patent. 1

latented Jan. 29, 1907.

Appllcatioii file'diviay14,1906. Serial No. a16,797.-'

To all whom it may calmer/2: Be it known that I, Cassrts n; smr, a 1

ren, in the.,co unty of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Autoi'nobileslleadlight, of which the followin" is aspecification. v i

This invention relates to headli'ght -supports for automobiles,

and its object'is to provide novel means' whereby the lights upon thefront of. an automobile will be turned while the machine is rounding acormal position after the turn has been passed. A still'further objectis to provide side lights, one of which, will remain stationary whilethe other will turn with the steering wheels, thereby directing thelights in two directionswhile the-machine is rounding a curve.

With the above and other objects in 'vie-w the invention consists ofrotatable shafts mounted upon the sides of an automobile, and each.supporting a lamp,"which is held normally project-ed -forward by springsprovided for that-purpose. -Anothershaftis arranged. at the center'ofthe front of the machine and carries a headlight. All of the shaftshave forwardly-projecting fingers, which engage projections on a roddisposed parallel with the front axle and connectingarms which movewithithe steering-wheels. The arts are so arranged that when the wheel;turn in one direction the headlight and one of the side lights will movetherewith and when'the wheels are turned in the opposite direction theother side light and the headlight will be actuated.- The headlight isadapted to. be thrown out of operative relation with the wheels.

The invention also consists -,of certain other novel -features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in In the accompanying drawings isshown the preferred form of the invention.

.In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of anautomobile having the erati'veposition.

having side brackets improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the parts Sl1OW11 ll1 Fig. 1, and 1 showing in full and dotted linestwo positions which may be assumed by the parts. i Fig. 3 is a detailview of the headlight-support and the means for connecting it to itsactuating mechanism, the finger of said support being shown by dottedlines out of op-v Fig. 1 is a detailview of the support of one of theside lamps, the relative position of" the actuating-rods being dis-"lower portion o'l the headliglit-support.

Referring to-the "figures by characters'of reference,1 is the body of anautomobile I the upper ones of which are formed with stop-lugs 3.liotatalily mountedin these brackets are vertical shafts 4, each'havinga head 5 at its upper lugs 3 by ineansol" springs 7 whiehsurround the.shafts and are secured thereto and to the upper heads Side lamps 8 arefastened upon the heads and arms 9 extend for-' ward from thelower endsof the shafts,

A plate 10 iszsccured to the front of the bodyand carries a sleeve 11 inwhich is ro tatablymounted a shaft 12, having a headlighti13 disposedaboveits upper end. The lower-endot the shaft has an angular exten-"sion-14,'on.- which isnormally seated the en larged end-15 of a slottedarm 16." A hooked hanger 17 is disposed adjacent the shaft 12,

and byliltin'g arm 16 oil of the extension 14 it'ycan be turnedintoengagement witli the hanger andsupportedthereby out of opera tiveposition:

T he wheels 7 axle 19 inany preferred manner, andforwardly-extemlingarms. 20 swing with'the wheels and are connected by a cross-rod '21,

18 are connected to the fixed end from whiclrextends alug 6. These lugsare held normally in contact-with the which is pivoted to the armsand-is parallel I with the axle. Fingers 22 extend upward from this redbetween and in cont act with the arms 9, and a shank 23 is adjustablymounted within the rod. and extends forward therefrom. This shank isadapted to be fastened by a set-screw '24, and has afinger 25 extend ingupward from it and adapted to engage the slotted arm 16 while the same1s seated on the extension 14.

When the parts are all connectedin the manner described, it will be seenthat when the wheels are turned in one direction one of the'fingers .22will swing the adjoining arm 9 laterally, thereby tensioning the spring7 on the shaft 4 of said arms and causing the'side light to swing in thedirehtion in which the machine is turning The other side lamp, however,will continueto throw the light forward from the machine. When theWheels are returned to their original positions in relation to the body,the tensioned s ring7 will return the side lamp to its norma position.If the slotted arm 16 is in engagement with finger 25, the headlight 13will be caused to turn with the wheel but by detaching the arm 16 fromthe finger and placing it' in engagement with hanger 17. the headlightcan e secured so as to point straight ahead under all conditions.

The preferred form of the invention has been set forth in theforegoingdescription; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications maybe made there in without departing from the spiritorsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the rightto make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed'is- I 1. The combination with a vehicle-body havingsupporting-wheels pivot-ally mounted thereunder; of side'lampscarried'by the body, means for holding said lamps normally di-.-

rected forward from the body, and means 0 erated' by the pivotalmovement of the whee s for turnmgthe lamps independently one at a timein the direction of travel of the vehicle when turning. 1 v

2. The combination with a vehicle-body v and supporting wheels'pivotal'ly mounted "thereunder of side shafts-rotatably mounted on thebody, lamps carried thereby, means for holding the lamps shafts normallyin predetermined positions, and means operated by the pivotal movementof the wheels for turning the shafts independent-1y one at a time topoint a lamp in the direction of travel of the vehicle when turning.

3.'The combination with a vehicle-body and supporting-wheels pivotallymounted thereunder; of side shafts rotatably mounted ;on the body, lampscarried thereby, means for holding the lamps and shafts normally inpredetermined positions, fingers interposed between the shafts, andmovable laterally with the wheels, and means operated by the fingers forturning the shafts independently one at a time to point a lamp in thedirection of travel of the vehicle when turning.

4. The combination with a vehicle-body and supporting-\'\'heelspivotally mounted thereunder; of side shafts carried by the body, armsextending therefrom, lamps car-' ried by the shafts, means upon theshafts for normally holding the lamps directed forward,

a laterally-movable rod actuated by the pivotal movement of the Wheels,and fingers upon the rod and between the arms for swmging the arms andturning the shafts independ-' ently one at a time to point a lamp in thedirection of travel of the vehicle when turning.

'5. The combination with a vehicle-body and supporting-wheels pivotallymounted thereunder; of a shaft carried by the body, a

I lamp upon the shaft, a slotted arm normally engaging and movable withthe shaft, a laterally-movable rod actuated by the pivotal movement ofthe Wheels, means upon the rod for engaging the arm to swing it, andmeans carried by the body for supporting the arm out of operativeposition.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- CASSIUS M. SPINK.

Witnesses:

GEO: A. Ronnnrs, JOHN I. WILLIAMS;

